Specialties

2 specialties

Pain Management

A pain management specialist is a physician with advanced knowledge and training in diagnosing and treating pain. These doctors do not come from one particular discipline, but rather use their respective backgrounds to contribute a varied approach to the field of pain management.
These specialists use their different skills and training in pain management to treat pain stemming from different causes - whether it's neuropathic pain or headache, or the result of injury, a surgical procedure, cancer or another illness.
Pain management specialists are primarily trained as anesthesiologists, physiatrists, interventional radiologists, neurologists, osteopaths, or primary care physicians.

Anesthesiology

Anesthesiologists are physicians who are trained to administer anesthetics, which are medicines used to block nerve sensation. Anesthesia can be either local to one specific part of a body, like a tooth, or regional to block feeling to a larger portion of the body, such as during an epidural for child birth. It can also be more general to block sensation to the entire body, resulting in unconsciousness.
Anesthesiologists assist in surgery by determining how much anesthesia is necessary and by monitoring the patient's level of responsiveness and vital signs throughout the procedure. The anesthesia specialist will also bring the patient out of anesthesia and then continue to monitor his or her vital signs post-operation.
Besides assisting in surgeries, anesthesiologists may also treat patients suffering from chronic pain.

Ratings & Comments

135 ratings
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4.2

The Overall Average Patient Rating of Pain Relief Center when asked is excellent.
Pain Relief Center has been reviewed by 135 patients.
The rating is 4.2 out of 5 stars.

The average wait time to see a doctor at Pain Relief Center as provided by patient reviews is
12 minutes. By comparison, the national average for a pre-vist wait time is 21 minutes.

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Information About Group Practices

What is a Group Practice?

According to The Medical Group Management Association, a group practice is any relationship between three or more
physicians who share facilities, expenses, profits and other resources like support staff and equipment. Group
practices tend to fall into two categories: those that organize around a particular medical specialty and those
that encompass several specialties like East Boston Neighborhood Health that specializes in internal medicine

Why Group Practice?

As medicine became more complex in the twentieth century, the need for group practices made more sense.
Physicians found it impossible to know everything about the emerging drugs and technologies on the medical
landscape. In addition, the cost of providing a full range of diagnostic services, such as tests and X-rays,
in one location became prohibitive to the individual practitioner. Hence, doctors from various disciplines
began to team together in order to provide more comprehensive care to their community of patients.

Benefits of Group Practice

As medicine became more complex in the twentieth century, the need for group practices made more sense.
Physicians found it impossible to know everything about the emerging drugs and technologies on the medical
landscape. In addition, the cost of providing a full range of diagnostic services, such as tests and X-rays,
in one location became prohibitive to the individual practitioner. Hence, doctors from various disciplines began
to team together in order to provide more comprehensive care to their community of patients.